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In March, 1915, [[Open Director Sight]]s were ordered for all{{INF}} her turrets.  It is uncertain when they were installed, but it was likely before January, 1917.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships'', p. 18.</ref>
 
In March, 1915, [[Open Director Sight]]s were ordered for all{{INF}} her turrets.  It is uncertain when they were installed, but it was likely before January, 1917.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships'', p. 18.</ref>
  
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By the end of 1915, she (along with ''Warspite'') had been equipped with a [[Torpedo Control Plotting Instrument Mark II]] in her TCT.<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1915'', p. 60.</ref>
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By the end of 1915, she (along with ''Warspite'') had been equipped with a [[Torpedo Control Plotting Instrument Mark II]] in her TCT.<ref>''Handbook of Torpedo Control, 1916'', p. 38.</ref>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 17:40, 16 March 2011

H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth
Career Details
Pendant Number: 00 (April, 1918)[1]
Built By: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard
Laid Down: 21 October, 1912
Launched: 16 October, 1913
Commissioned: 22 December, 1914
Sold: 19 March, 1948
Fate: Scrapped

Myths and Rumours

According to R. L. B. Cunliffe, on her Quarter-Deck Queen Elizabeth had a highly-polished coal shovel, beneath which was the caption: "Lest we forget."

In 1917 Queen Elizabeth carried a Sopwith 1½ Strutter aircraft, number A-6006.

Fire Control Systems

Rangefinders

Directors and Gun Groups

Main Battery

Secondary Battery

Unlike her sisters which had pedestal-mounted directors for their secondaries, Queen Elizabeth's 6-in guns were supported by a pair of tripod-mounted directors[2] situated port and starboard high on her forward superstructure[3].

The broadside-mounted secondary guns were in port and starboard groups, and either were laid and fired locally or under the control of the director on their side.

Torpedo Control

Transmitting Stations

Dreyer Table

Though Queen Elizabeth eventually was listed as having a Mark IV* table like her sisters, it is possible that she was originally given a Mark IV Dreyer table which was later upgraded to the Mark IV* standard[4].

Alterations

Queen Elizabeth received a director sometime after the war started but prior to May, 1915.[5]

She received a temporary director system for her secondary battery in November-December, 1916 which was replaced by a proper one in March, 1917.[6]

In March, 1915, Open Director Sights were ordered for all[Inference] her turrets. It is uncertain when they were installed, but it was likely before January, 1917.[7]

By the end of 1915, she (along with Warspite) had been equipped with a Torpedo Control Plotting Instrument Mark II in her TCT.[8]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919
  2. ↑ The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. p. 143.
  3. ↑ The Director Firing Handbook, 1917. p. 91.
  4. ↑ Handbook of Capt. F.C. Dreyer's Fire Control Tables, p. 3.
  5. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 9-10.
  6. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 16.
  7. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, p. 18.
  8. ↑ Handbook of Torpedo Control, 1916, p. 38.

Bibliography

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